Crank awning adjuster



Feb. 5, 1929.

' Filed on. 11, 1926 "SAL Patented Feb. 5, 1 929.

UNITED STATES GEORGE B. BARTLETT, OFVJEFFEBSONVILLE, INDIANA.

CRANK AWNING ADJUSTER.

Application filed October 11, 1926. Serial No. 140,934.

The object of my invention is toprovide a novel device for permitting ofadjusting awnings from-within a building. I attain the objects of myinvention by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a view'partly in section and partly in side elevationof my device mounted in the wall of a building;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of my invention; Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof member 12; and 1 Fig. 4 is a perspective view of member 18.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawings, I provide a shaft 1 to which areel 4 is adj ustably fastened by an eye bolt 5, which may be insertedthrough any one of the several passages or apertures 2 in the shaft 1.An eye bolt 5 has an'eye 6 and is releasably fastened in place by a nut7 Reel 4 has the reel sides or discs 3 to complete the reel. Fastened toshaft 1, by boltor screw 13, is a hub member 12 having ratchet teeth 14and i also having a squared end 17. I provide a crank 18,11aving asquared aperture or socket 19 cngageable on the squared end 17 of hub12. I also provide a pawl 15 mounted on pivot 16, carried by the plate10, which is fastened to the wall 8 of the building by suitable screws11. The pawl pivot support 16 is offset from center toward the end ofthe pawl which engages the ratchet teeth so that r the lighter end ofpawl 15 engages the ratchet teeth whereby gravity will tend to releasethe pawl from the ratchet. I also provide a plate 9 on the opposite sideof the wall, similarly fastened by screws 11.

In use, the end of the cord which controls 1 is rotated by means of thecrank 18 and hub member 12, which is affixed to shaft 1. The device maybe adjusted for application on walls of different thicknesses byadjusting the position of the reel on the shaft 1.

" What I claim is: I

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of an integralhub and ratchet members, a pawl engaging the ratchet teeth, the pawlhaving its pivot support offset from center toward the end of the pivotengaging the ratchet teeth whereby gravity will tend to release the pawlfrom the ratchet.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of an integralhub and ratchet members, a pawl engaging the ratchet teeth, the pawlhaving its pivot support offset from center toward the end of the pivotengaging the ratchet teeth whereby gravity will tend to release the pawlfrom the ratchet, a shaft on which the aforesaid hub and ratchet ismounted, the shaft having a plurality of spaced transverse channelstherethrough, a reel mounted on the shaft, and a bolt member adapted toengage the reel to extend through any one of the transverse channels inthe shaftto permit of adjusting the position of the reel relative to theshaft.

GEORGE B. BARTLETT.

.theawning attached to eye 6 and wound 7 on the reel l, which isoperated when the shaft

